bambalina
Spanish, noun/bambaˈlina/
bambalina is spelled B-A-M-B-A-L-I-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish, the 231,957th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bambalina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “backdrop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de las tiras de lienzo pintado que cuelgan del telar del teatro, de uno a otro lado del escenario, y…”.
What does bambalina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebackdrop
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada una de las tiras de lienzo pintado que cuelgan del telar del teatro, de uno a otro lado del escenario, y figuran la parte superior de lo que la decoración representa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bambalina
- bambalinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bambalina?
- /bambaˈlina/
- [bãm.baˈli.na]
- [bãmbaˈlina]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bambalina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bambalina in Spanish?
bambalina appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).